What we're looking for
What We're Looking For
Essential
- A working knowledge of academic history and the humanities, ideally supported by a relevant postgraduate qualification.
- Excellent written, verbal and computer skills, including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Experience in copywriting and/or copy editing.
- Outstanding attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
- Ability to manage tasks to agreed deadlines and work within structured processes.
- Strong organisational skills and the ability to collaborate across multiple teams.
- A flexible and adaptable approach within a growing organisation.
Desirable
- Experience using digital humanities resources within teaching or research environments.
- Experience contributing to research outputs, articles, theses or academic papers.
- Editorial experience, including working with multiple contributors.
- Experience using Content Management Systems (CMS).
- Experience developing online content, including blogs and SEO-driven content.
Why Join Us?
This is an opportunity to combine your interest in history and the humanities with hands-on content and editorial work. You'll contribute to the development of digital collections used by researchers, educators and academic institutions while working as part of a collaborative and knowledgeable team.
Content Operations Executive
The Social History Archive
Hybrid | London, Dundee or Aberdeen
The Social History Archive is looking for a Content Operations Executive to support the delivery of high-quality content and editorial workflows for our growing digital archive.
Reporting to the Senior Content Curator, you'll play a key role in the preparation and delivery of thematic collections, helping to ensure content is accurate, well-presented and delivered on schedule for academic users.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the preparation and curation of thematic collections through historical research, metadata review and enhancement, copy creation and content uploads.
- Carry out quality assurance checks to maintain academic rigour, copy accuracy and metadata integrity.
- Write and edit content for blogs, landing pages and other digital channels.
- Compile and present basic content performance data to support future editorial decisions.
- Maintain documentation and workflows to support efficient content operations.
- Work closely with product, licensing and marketing teams to provide updates on content projects.
- Provide administrative support for editorial partnerships, internships and other content initiatives.
Closing date for applications: 12th November 2026 at 4pm
